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Archived Version 2023 - 2024
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Description Social geography is concerned with the ways in which social relations, social identities and social inequalities are produced and represented within specific spaces and places. This module analyses the various ways in which elements of human diversity such as gender, age, ethnicity and social class interact with and are constructed by space and place. In particular, this modules analyses how different social groups experience, use and are perceived in different spaces and places with a particular emphasis on inequality and social justice. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Assess social class, social reproduction and social capital from the perspective of inequality 2. Analyse how different minority social groups experience space and are represented in space 3. Identify the existence of geographies of fear and assess the geography of crime in reality from the perspective of gender 4. Determine the ‘at risk spaces’ and ‘at risk factors’ of rape and sexual assault 5. Assess how the construction of space within institutions is based on the need for surveillance and is designed to control bodies (i.e. prisons, asylums, schools, workplace) 6. Recognise the role that geography plays in dictating leisure (i.e. design of shopping centres; geographies of going out) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Learning Activities What is social geography?Definitions of social class, social reproduction and social capitalThe geography of TravellersGeographies of crime (burglary)How crime is socially and spatially constructed?Geographies of rape and sexual assaultBodies, power and institutionsSchools, The workplace, The prison, The asylumA Geography of shoppingGeographies of going outHomelessnessGeographies of disabilityGeographies of Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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